Chapter 1

The Land of ENCHANTMENTS

魔法仙境

CHAPTER ONE The Land of Secrets Connie could not forget the exciting Faraway Tree, and the different lands that came at the top. She asked the others about all the different lands they had been to, and begged and begged them to take her to the next one.

第一章 秘密之地 康妮怎么都忘不了那棵神奇的远方魔法树，还有树顶会出现的各种各样的国度。 她追问其他人之前去过的所有国度的事，求了又求，就想让大家下次去的时候带上她。

"We'll see what Moon-Face says," said Joe at last. "We don't go to every land, Connie. You wouldn't like to go to the Land of Whizz- About, for instance, would you? Moon-Face once went there, and he said he couldn't bear it- everything went at such a pace, and he was out of breath the whole time." "Well, I think it sounds rather exciting," said Connie, who was intensely curious about everything to do with the different lands. "Oh, Joe, let's find out what land is there next. I really must go." "All right," said Joe. "We'll ask Mother if we can have a day out tomorrow, and we'll go up the tree if you like. But mind- if there is a horrid land, we're not going. We've had too many narrow escapes now, to risk getting caught somewhere nasty.

“我们得先看看圆脸叔怎么说，”乔最后开口道。 “康妮，不是每个国度我们都会去的。 比如说吧，你肯定不想去嗖嗖快跑国，对不对？ 圆脸叔去过一次，说他根本受不了——那里所有东西都跑得飞快，他全程都喘不过气来。” “唔，我觉得听着还挺有意思的呀，”康妮说，这些不同的国度让她对什么都好奇得不行。 “哎呀乔，我们快去看看接下来是什么国度呀。 我真的很想去嘛。” “行吧，”乔说。 “我们去问问妈妈，明天能不能出去玩一天，要是你想去，我们就爬那棵树。 但先说好了——要是来的是个可怕的国度，我们就不去。 我们之前死里逃生太多次了，可不能再冒险困在什么糟糕的地方。”

Mother said they could go up the tree the next day. "I'll give you sandwiches, if you like, and you can have lunch in the wood or up the tree, whichever you like," she told them. "Oh, up the tree!" cried Connie. So, when the next day came, she wore old clothes without even being told! She was learning to be sensible at last.

妈妈同意他们第二天去爬魔法树。 “要是你们想的话，我给你们准备三明治，你们可以在树林里吃，也可以在树上吃，随便你们选，”她跟孩子们说。 “哇，在树上吃！”康妮大喊道。 所以第二天到了的时候，都没人提醒她，她自己就穿上了旧衣服！ 她终于学会懂事啦。

They set off soon after breakfast. They hadn't let Silky or Moon-Face know they were coming, but they felt sure they would be in the tree. Up they climbed. The Angry Pixie was sitting at his window, which was wide open. He waved to them, and Connie was glad to see he had no ink or water to throw at her. "Going up to the Land of Secrets?" he shouted to them. "Oh- is the Land of Secrets there?" cried Joe. "It sounds exciting. What's it like?" "Oh- just secrets!" said the Angry Pixie. "You can usually find out anything you badly want to know." "I'd like to know some secrets too," said Connie.

他们刚吃完早饭就出发了。 他们没提前告诉丝尔克和圆脸叔他们要来，但确信这两个人肯定在树上。 他们往上爬呀爬。 生气小精灵正坐在他大开的窗户边。 他朝大家挥了挥手，康妮可开心了，他这次没准备墨水或者水朝她泼。 “你们是要去秘密之地吗？”他冲着他们大喊。 “啊——现在树顶是秘密之地吗？”乔叫了起来。 “听着好有意思呀。 那地方是什么样的？” “嗨——就是全是秘密呗！”生气小精灵说。 “你特别想知道的事儿，通常在这儿都能找到答案。” “我也想知道一些秘密，”康妮说。